Castlemaine Rifle Practical Shoot

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Castlemaine Rifle Practical Shoot

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Castlemaine rifle club held Victoria's first Practical Rifle shoot on the 25th oct.
Had an awesome time never done anything like it before but will be doing it again that's for sure.
Here is a pick of the winner a fellow castlemaine member max.
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Well is that it?

Tell us more about it
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Talked to max on Saturday glen he said he had a ball and he used your gun too win
Think it was about a 70 shot match moving targets ,still targets ,different ranges 300 too 600 yards I think
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trevort wrote:Well is that it?

Tell us more about it
here ya go all you need to know http://shootingaustralia.net/forum/vict ... le-matches
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300 yards Prone supported Snap 5 rounds 5 x 3 sec (5 x 3 sec means 5 target exposures 3 seconds for each exposure)
300 yards Prone unsupported Rapid 5 rounds 1 x 30 sec
300 yards Prone supported Moving 5 rounds 5 x 5 sec

400 yards Prone supported no bi-pod(used a back pack) snap 10 rounds 5 x 5 sec (two rounds per exposure)
400 yards Prone unsupported Moving 5 rounds 5 x 5 sec

500 yards prone unsupported no bi-pod Agony snap 10 round 5 x 6 sec over 2 minutes.two round per exposure.(That one was a real prick)
500 yards Hawkins Deliberate 10 rounds 1 x 90sec
500 yards Prone supported Moving 5 rounds 5 x 5 sec

600 yards Prone supported snap 10 rounds 5 x 8 sec
600 yards Hawkins deliberate 5 rounds 1 x 60 sec


There you go trevort i was getting to it :wink:
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Howdy jack you shooting the PM next week?
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Yeah glen me and Jacko will be there you going
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Yeah glen I'll be there how about u
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That sounds really difficulr
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and the shooting australia link is no good unless you are a member.

So how do you account for the varying distances> Do you wind on or hold over?
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trevort wrote:and the shooting australia link is no good unless you are a member.

So how do you account for the varying distances> Do you wind on or hold over?
that would depend on what you prefer
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Tackleberry wrote:
trevort wrote:and the shooting australia link is no good unless you are a member.

So how do you account for the varying distances> Do you wind on or hold over?
that would depend on what you prefer
Or the conditions
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Looks interesting,just wondering what the Hawkins position is.
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Flash Gordon wrote:Looks interesting,just wondering what the Hawkins position is.

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trevort wrote:and the shooting australia link is no good unless you are a member.

So how do you account for the varying distances> Do you wind on or hold over?
i dialed up and i held for wind
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